From: "Roei Tzoref" Received: from mail-io0-f170.google.com ([209.85.223.170] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 6351420 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:45:32 +0100 Received: by mail-io0-f170.google.com with SMTP id b186so15501817iof.8 for ; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 04:48:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=19/UtJcqnghzJp1ASuopbg5gd0MPliVJP2oPb+ogQQ0=; b=MD8EbSGOzxhlKNrVgGw6cvERxjAsxzX3xKmmFRP9Eqy5+UBvTD4JWKA6zzDvQ4t361 pxPNrL/lbeqphxVmeYAjm8BHKnsH7D4l/YtogRH/KfgFJkL96GOoZX7Pv+W0J+BgIQ+m 97OeFa2hjhhKyLYWKZ+YkoYdr5F7tE66WqKKOQGYdRY0hbu9U42uUIC7qMjDOpABN9ow CMCdbV2tVfvejRoqX8uGIWxNKzTVhWbLYO1V/3ntywouDMIPlDiP7UPxay76plBZIklR D6FfD0/O22KA5t5s1pFrKDZLN1p+Nw1T2KqBxsFnvnnMmCamihXmgk+yyYsPZXSOjfG3 UyXA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=19/UtJcqnghzJp1ASuopbg5gd0MPliVJP2oPb+ogQQ0=; b=CnfxdkEafb8h0qxJznPOxmmcE+IY20xDD86+7ygvQyEPsN5lnA2AtCzaVIsmCWCGpZ rSo3qPH+XrPtWhoZEUWHvoShN+bA0cA7qDiFq3TqegOyzcqIApdGGlA2P/9whD33Owud aux8hBtGeKDDVNrb3XjF0+rqWLhY4EqqDlx6ymvpxqJJ2ceVaKjFCxmOc+ltL643TQLg fRT6cq1yhtslImPsDPqFKBfxf/FV6y+ORpv6LKqMN49mqXXfSRhRFQ7Uk37H0wG/f7Us Vx2TC+RV6cfN//vaG/wyEeGXri27vubqrO4HQ/OD/wYNnCH1khCPXvbL6FXjEnG/4Ymj 9bog== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaWmUi4FwMMoDERDsBACNHuRGE4j3r1ir0Td0VvsdSjqQvAU1Jgt /DNLAK+tdC2DbR1g32H4MZ9HjEPbFecBodfeST4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+QYM8e+Smzn+pJKCerCUntsDjuoBX8Jj7XZhgHzDXt9wtBSEeYFue0B/Vkqd620l4x17R32D/uGCMc1cldsnRI= X-Received: by 10.107.85.8 with SMTP id j8mr19024193iob.54.1509972508227; Mon, 06 Nov 2017 04:48:28 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.161.12 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Nov 2017 04:47:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 14:47:47 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Creating swf from After Effects To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="94eb2c1c570cf9628c055d4fde63" --94eb2c1c570cf9628c055d4fde63 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable question: why would you need to bake to expression if you are going all the way back to CS6? what js code is available in CC2017 are not in CS6? On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 8:00 AM, Chris Zwar wrote: > Thanks, I=E2=80=99ll look into that. > > So far I have discovered that CS 6 can export an swf. I can reduce my > project so there is nothing in it but some solids so I think the export > should work. It=E2=80=99s a pain back-saving from 2017 to CS 6 but at le= ast it=E2=80=99s > possible. > > The problem I have is that I have an expression driving the opacity of > each layer, and I am assuming I will need to convert the expressions to > keyframes before I export. With 10 minutes of animation and 800+ layers > this is going to take some time. You can=E2=80=99t feasibly select 800 l= ayers in > CC 2014 and earlier, a small reminder of some of the improvements over th= e > years, so I=E2=80=99m doing as much as I can in 2017 before back-saving a= heavily > reduced project to CS 6. Fun & games! > > I might have to script it and leave it over a weekend=E2=80=A6 > > > On 6 Nov 2017, at 4:30 pm, Robert Davidson > wrote: > > > > It=E2=80=99s been a long while since I did this in AE. > > Might be easier to render an mp4 and convert to swf with a converter > like =E2=80=98Wondershare Video converter Pro=E2=80=9D > > > > Cheers, Rob > > > >> On 6 Nov 2017, at 3:20 pm, Chris Zwar wrote: > >> > >> So here=E2=80=99s a first for me, after working on an animation for se= veral > days I=E2=80=99ve just been told the only format they can play back is sw= f. I=E2=80=99m > actually creating patterns for a lighting show, and the file is going to > some type of lighting desk console. I have no idea what, but it isn=E2= =80=99t like > it=E2=80=99s going to be played on a desktop PC. > >> > >> So considering that I=E2=80=99ve been working in CC 2017, what options= do I > have? The good news (if any) is that the animation is just white solids = on > a black background, and I know that at some stage in the past AE could > export a swf for vector images, which my animation is. However I=E2=80= =99m not > sure if I can back-save far enough to the last version of AE that still d= id > this - I can=E2=80=99t remember when the SWF feature was removed from AE. > >> > >> Any suggestions? > >> > >> -Chris > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> +---End of message---+ > >> To unsubscribe send any message to > > > > > > +---End of message---+ > > To unsubscribe send any message to > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --94eb2c1c570cf9628c055d4fde63 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
question: why would you need to bake to expression if you = are going all the way back to CS6? what js code is available in CC2017 are = not in CS6?

= On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 8:00 AM, Chris Zwar <AE-List@media-motion.tv<= /a>> wrote:
Thanks, I=E2=80=99l= l look into that.

So far I have discovered that CS 6 can export an swf.=C2=A0 I can reduce my= project so there is nothing in it but some solids so I think the export sh= ould work.=C2=A0 It=E2=80=99s a pain back-saving from 2017 to CS 6 but at l= east it=E2=80=99s possible.

The problem I have is that I have an expression driving the opacity of each= layer, and I am assuming I will need to convert the expressions to keyfram= es before I export.=C2=A0 With 10 minutes of animation and 800+ layers this= is going to take some time.=C2=A0 You can=E2=80=99t feasibly select 800 la= yers in CC 2014 and earlier, a small reminder of some of the improvements o= ver the years, so I=E2=80=99m doing as much as I can in 2017 before back-sa= ving a heavily reduced project to CS 6.=C2=A0 Fun & games!

I might have to script it and leave it over a weekend=E2=80=A6

> On 6 Nov 2017, at 4:30 pm, Robert Davidson <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
>
> It=E2=80=99s been a long while since I did this in AE.
> Might be easier to render an mp4 and convert to swf with a converter l= ike =E2=80=98Wondershare Video converter Pro=E2=80=9D
>
> Cheers, Rob
>
>> On 6 Nov 2017, at 3:20 pm, Chris Zwar <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:
>>
>> So here=E2=80=99s a first for me, after working on an animation fo= r several days I=E2=80=99ve just been told the only format they can play ba= ck is swf.=C2=A0 I=E2=80=99m actually creating patterns for a lighting show= , and the file is going to some type of lighting desk console.=C2=A0 I have= no idea what, but it isn=E2=80=99t like it=E2=80=99s going to be played on= a desktop PC.
>>
>> So considering that I=E2=80=99ve been working in CC 2017, what opt= ions do I have?=C2=A0 The good news (if any) is that the animation is just = white solids on a black background, and I know that at some stage in the pa= st AE could export a swf for vector images, which my animation is.=C2=A0 Ho= wever I=E2=80=99m not sure if I can back-save far enough to the last versio= n of AE that still did this - I can=E2=80=99t remember when the SWF feature= was removed from AE.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> -Chris
>>
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